Anthropic on October 27, 2026 published a progress update on its life sciences work, reporting early results from research partnerships with six drug development organizations — BigHat Biosciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Divergence Labs, Enveda, Generate Biomedicines, and The Column Group — alongside its first in-house drug programs. The company said its strategy is to involve…
Like many leaders today, Prabha Jha has been feeling the significant impact artificial intelligence is having on business operations. While the rapid evolution of the technology can bring fear, uncertainty, and confusion, Jha chose a different response: excitement. She began asking herself, “How do I become part of this once-in-a-lifetime thing?” Jha holds a bachelor’s…
Anthropic on October 27, 2026 published a randomized controlled trial in which 50 professional analysts using Claude Code followed their agent’s secretly assigned preference 86% of the time on open analytical judgment calls. The study, authored by Amaç Herdağdelen, Hailey Joren, and Alex Tamkin, examines whether experts actually make the consequential decisions in AI-assisted work,…
Disruptive announced the Disruptive Flagship Fund on October 27, 2026, a $10 billion vehicle through which the Dallas-based investment firm said it plans to back approximately 10 exceptional growth- and late-stage private technology companies, investing up to $1 billion per company. The firm described the fund as one of a small number of private technology-focused…
Infisical has raised $40 million in Series B funding at a $600 million valuation, bringing fresh capital to a security problem emerging alongside enterprise AI adoption: how to let software agents work inside critical systems without giving them the credentials that unlock those systems. The round was led by Elad Gil, who also invested in…
Axiom Math said on October 27, 2026 that it is releasing what it calls the first complete computer-checked proof of the Classification of Finite Simple Groups, produced over 24 days by engineers and mathematicians directing swarms of dozens of AI agents that wrote approximately 43.1 million lines of code in the Lean proof assistant. “Today,…
Oracle announced new Oracle Acceleron cloud networking capabilities for AI workloads at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas on October 27, 2026, introducing front-end RDMA connectivity, expanded NVMe block-storage options that Oracle said improve performance up to 3x, and a collective communications library for its multi-planar networks. Oracle Acceleron is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s suite of…
Invesco Ltd. announced on October 27, 2026 that it is working with Anthropic to make its portfolio intelligence and practice management resources available through Claude for Financial Advisors, using a new Invesco connector. The firm said the connector will provide a toolkit that helps advisors strengthen their businesses and client relationships. John McDonough, Head of…
Mozilla announced on October 27, 2026, that Firefox’s Smart Window can now draw on tabs a user chooses to help fill out online forms and can watch web pages for changes the user has asked it to track. Smart Window is Firefox’s opt-in AI browsing experience. The two new features are available in the Smart…
Oracle announced Oracle AI Security Mesh on October 27, 2026, at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, a managed platform powered by OpenAI’s frontier cyber models that Oracle said is designed to help organizations find and fix security vulnerabilities faster. The offering complements OCI Identity Assurance, which uses biometrics to verify human identities, and OCI…